THESE WA­TER BA­BIES ARE NO CRY­BA­BIES.

COM­PETI­TORS IN THE 11- 12 BRACKET OF THE ALASKA MILK IRONKIDS TRIATHLON RACE TO THE START OF THE 300- ME­TER SWIM, A DAY AHEAD OF THE IRON­MAN 70.3 COM­PE­TI­TIONS. RACES FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS, HOW­EVER, WERE CAN­CELLED BE­CAUSE OF A HEAVY RAIN AND ROUGH SEAS. SHAIA RUTH UY OF THE SA­CRED HEART SCHOOLATE­NEO DE CEBU WON THE 13- 14 GIRLS’ CAT­E­GORY, FIN­ISH­ING THE SWIM PLUS A 10- KILO­ME­TER BIKE RACE AND A TWOK­ILO­ME­TER RUN IN JUST 34: 32. CEBU’S JUSTIN LIAM CHIONG­BIAN PLACED SEC­OND IN HIS DIVI­SION. ( SUN. STAR FOTO/ AL­LAN CUIZON)

“I feel so blessed and my sac­ri­fices paid off. I re­ally pre­pared for this race, like wak­ing up at 4: 30 a. m. for an early train­ing be­fore go­ing to class” SHAIA RUTH UY OF SA­CRED HEART SCHOOL- ATE­NEO DE CEBU, WHO WON THE 11- 12 GIRLS’ TI­TLE IN THE ALASKA MILK IRONKIDS TRIATHLON IN EARLY AU­GUST 2013